Handle



F. A. MORGAN.

HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1921.

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Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

FRED A. MORGAN, OF SELI/IA, CALIFORNIA.

HANDLE.

Application filed March 21, 1921. Serial No. 454,286.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED A. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Selma, in the county of Fresno and State of California, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Handles, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful handle for lifting objects. Itis commonly known that storage batteries used in automobiles arefrequently carried in a rack or support difficult of access, as forinstance, in some portion on the chassis under the seat or floor boardsand it is difiicult to remove the battery from such rack or support.Such batteries are ordinarily in a box which has a permanent handleattached to two opposite sides of the box, such handles having holestherethrough or equivalents for such holes. One of the specific objectsof my i11- vention is to provide an auxiliary handle whereby thepermanent handles on the battery box can be readily engaged and thebattery easily lifted from the rack or support.

I accomplish this object and other objects hereinafter more fully setforth by means of the device hereinafter described and illustrated onthe accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 shows the auxiliary handleengaged with the permanent handles on a battery box. Figure 2 shows theauxiliary handle folded together when not in use. Figure 3 is an endview of Figure 2.

In said drawing B represents the main handle which consists of a stripofmetal bent in a channel or U-shape, the upper part being open. The underportions, at each end B and B are cut away, and adjacent to the cut awayportion, and adjacent to the open ends of the main handle, I have formedsmall rolls C and C The rolls G and C can be formed integral with mainhandle B or formed separately and attached thereto. D and D are hooks,one of which is pivoted to each end of the handle B and in such relationthereto so that. the hooks can be folded within the channel of the mainhandle, or be turned to a depending position. F is a leaf springattached by a rivet F at its approximate center to the inside of handleB, said sprin being formed to run over rolls C and and to normally ushthe hooks D and D apart. Other forms of springs such as compression orexpansion springs may be used to accomplish the same function. K is abattery box having two handles K and K? thereon on opposite sides.

of the box. In Figure 3 it will be observed that the hook D isconstructed of a flat strip, the object of this construction being touse it to tilt the battery box when necessary to tilt it to remove 1tfrom an automobile. In lifting any box or ob ect having handles onopposite sides, the hooks D and D can be made to engage with theopenings or handles, and the spring F willkeep the hooks engagedtherein. Then by raising the handle B the object can be lifted. Thespecial function of this combination is to keep the hooks engaged 1n theopenings or with the handles automatically. This is especially usefulwhen the ob ect to be lifted is in a location difficult of access, or incase of storage batteries, when the handles on the battery are coveredwith acid or grease, or with sub stances deleterious to the human skin.

I-Iaving described my inventionI ask for Letters Patent:

An auxiliary handle of the character described consisting of thecombination of a rlgid member having a hook pivoted at each end of saidmember, said hooks being adapted to hang approximately parallel, andspring means for normally holding the hooks apart. v

2. In an auxiliary handle, the combination of a rigid member having alongitudinal channel therein, a hook pivoted at each end of said member,the hooks being adapted to be turned on their pivots so that they canlie in said channel, and being adapted to depend at approximately rightangles thereto, and spring means for holding said hooks apart when insaid depending relation.

3. In an auxiliary handle, the combination of a channel member,elongated flat hooks pivoted to the channel member at opposite sidesthereof, the flat hooks being adapted to be closed within the channel,and to be swung so that they will depend downward, and spring means fornormally holding said hooks apart when in the downward dependingposition.

4. A handle consisting of a rigid member having hooks pivoted toopposite ends, each of said hooks being adapted to be moved in the arcof a circle with the pivot as the center of said arc, and spring meansfor normally holding the hooks apart.

FRED A. MORGAN.

